Introduction into WWI

What year did World War One begin

• 1914
• 1915
• 1918
• 1939

Nationalism helped cause WWI because...

• Countries wanted to build their militaries as large as they could.

• Nationalities and Countries held strong prideful beliefs about superiority which led to Conflict

• Countries were seeking to expand their empires by taking over weaker ones

• Countries were involved in an entanglement of alliances.

Another cause of the war was an increase in military spending and a glorification of war called

• militarism

• neutrality

• alliances

• war glory

Which continent did most of the fighting of World War I take place?

• England

• France

• North America

• Europe

Alliances helped cause WWI because...

• A small war quickly expanded into a much larger war because of secret agreements

• European nations all hated each other

• Countries didn't feel the need to build up their armies

• Small countries were too afraid to start wars

Imperialism helped cause WWI because...

• Enslaved peoples of the world rebelled against their Imperial masters

• Competition between Europe's great powers over control of foreign empires led to tensions

• Natural resources from these empires allowed countries to build up vast armies

• It didn't help cause World War One

What happened on June 28th, 1914 that sparked the start of WWI

• The assassination of the King Wilhelm II of Germany who had been king for only 10 years.

• The assassination of Czar Nicolas II who was killed during a Revolution in Russia.

• The Assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria who was next in line to become the King of Austria.

• The Declaration of war by Germany on France.

The Great War which is known as World War I today was famous for introducing a few new technologies that would make the war especially horrific, which military technologies below made the way World War I was fought extraordinarily different? (There may be more than one correct answer below)

• The Machine Gun which all sides used in the Great War.

• Poison and Chemical Gas

• Submarines

• Airplanes

Which statement summarizes the Schlieffen Plan that Germany created to prepare for a two-front war?

• Attack France first, then Russia.
• Attack Russia first, then France.
• Send half of the army to France and half to Russia.
• Ally with Russia to fight France.

Fighting from trenches dug in the battlefield

• Allies
• Central Powers
• Trench warfare
• Western Front